Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

You can yell all you like, but that is the truth—99.9 per cent. Other countries, elsewhere, would love to have that statistic over their quarantining, over their ability to reduce and minimise COVID-19.

Now, on 4 June, the Commonwealth's key assessment criteria for investment in purpose-built quarantining facilities were released, and the Commonwealth is using these criteria to assess any proposals, be they from Queensland—your state, Member for Lilley—or any other states, for purpose-built quarantine facilities provided by state and territory governments seeking federal support, seeking the support of the Commonwealth. Key considerations include—and these are important—that a proposal should represent value for money. I know, when Labor was in power, there was a lot of infrastructure built that wasn't value for money. But, when we do something—

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when we do it, there is value for money.

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